Apr 22
Future of Be Seated We have presented a feasible, realistic and workable first build of Be Seated. We are aware however of all the extra features that could be added to make the service bigger, better and more exciting for users. Here is a selection of future improvements that we could implement as our service …
Apr 22
Twitter and protecting Users In efforts to tackle abuse, Twitter is taking new measures to secure its users. This is interesting and pertinent for any social networking site. The firm has admitted that it has not done enough to protect its users. Be Seated must make sure that it does not ignore the necessity …
Apr 22
How will we market & promote Be Seated? In this post we will discuss possible ways to market Be Seated. We are confident that the service and idea is quite useful and rewarding for users but initially some leg work will be required to make people aware of the site. Ideas for marketing: Make …
Apr 22
Current Incentives for Be Seated Users A certain level of “intrinsic motivation”. Users feel part of the community and can get useful information from the service, like TripAdvisor. This has been proven to be a powerful tool in incentivising the crowd. In order to rapidly build up reviews (create a solid base of reviews immediately …
Apr 22
Social Networking has some general inescapable ethical concerns such as: Connecting people can be positive but it can also lead people into forming harmful relationships and connections. Cyber-bulling or trolling is a sad phenomenon and every effort should be made to avoid harassment of other users. Users have a right to privacy but in general …
Apr 22
While reviewing our idea we must consider its social and ethical impact. What follows is a collection of considerations that we have anticipated our service may expose. Businesses and by default employees could be harmed or have their reputation diminished by users poor reviews. Could lead to loss of business/revenue. No way to be …
Apr 22
In the process of creating logos. I personally found the website Squarespace rather useful. It provides a free platform to make clean, simple designs which is quite useful. I designed the logo using this simple website. In practice our service may want to invest in a company to make a flashier logo in the future …
Apr 22
The constraints in software development specify the scope of the system. The constraints described below explain the conditions under which our system is developed. Tools and Programming Languages The software is a web based application using Java,Javascript, HTML, CSS3 and MySQL. Availability The system will be available 99% of the time for any 24-hour …
Apr 22
A Brief History of the early years of SNSs according to Boyd & Ellison (2008) 1997 SixDegrees.com: First recognisable SNS launches which combines a number of features that previous websites had already been using. It allows users to create profiles, list their Friends and from 1998 browse Friends lists. 1997-2001 Community tools begin supporting a …
